Yeovil Town host play-off chasing Swindon Town on Saturday (November 18) in a West Country clash which gives the Glovers a chance to recover from a 4-0 defeat at Carlisle.

We spoke to Darren Way about how his south Somerset team is preparing for this weekend’s fixture.

1 – ‘Fantastic’ attitude in training from players after Carlisle loss

Asked about the response to a 4-0 loss at Carlisle last weekend, Way said: “We were obviously disappointed with the first goal and our reaction and we never really recovered.

“But their attitude has been fantastic this week. There’s been a good response in training.

“We’re now into our home form, which has been very good. I think we’ve lost one game against Colchester. We’ve played Stevenage, Coventry, Chelsea. So they’re really excited.”

Yeovil Town crashed to a 4-0 loss at Carlisle United this afternoon (Image: Steve Bond/Pinnacle)

2 – Way has ‘almost tried everything’ to fix away form

Yeovil are going for a fifth straight game unbeaten at home but have failed to match that solid form on the road.

Way admitted he’s running out of things to try to turn this around but insisted the Glovers will find a way to improve.

He said: “I’ve had to make sure I’ve asked myself questions with the team selection and changing the shape – I think we’ve almost tried everything. Sometimes it happens that way but we’ll find the solution.

“I know with the players and the experience that they’re gaining they’re growing stronger every single day.

“We look forward to the Swindon game because no doubt Swindon are bringing a big army of travelling support to the game and it’ll be a good game.”

Yeovil Town manager Darren Way tries to motivate his players during the 4-0 defeat to Carlisle United PHOTO: Steve Bond/PPAUK (Image: Steve Bond/Pinnacle)

3 – This weekend sees Yeovil’s strong home form meet Swindon’s good away form

Swindon have won their last five matches away from home in all competitions, so it will be a clash of Yeovil’s steady home form against Swindon’s momentum which has taken them into the play-offs.

The Wiltshire side are currently 5th, while Yeovil sit in 17th, five points about the drop zone.

Way accepted his side would need to be at their best to counter Swindon’s swagger on the road.

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“They’ve got a new group, a new manager and have changed the style of football completely from Luke Williams to [David] Flitcroft.

“It’s very direct now, they’ve got runners and so far it’s been effective.

“We’ll be ready for that and we’ll make sure we do everything that we can, that we use our strengths, turn them into super strengths and keep performing like we have done at home”, Way said.

Swindon Town manager David Flitcroft looks on during The Emirates FA Cup first round match between Dartford and Swindon Town at the Princes Park Stadium on November 5, 2017 in Dartford, England. Swindon won the game against lower league opposition comfortably (Image: Bryn Lennon/Getty Images)

5 – Way doesn’t blame Olufela Olomola for his red card…

…but he acknowledges there are discipline issues to address after three red cards in two league games.

Way said: “With Fela’s red card if that happened 20 times I couldn’t have stopped that from happening.

“In the street now if someone pinned you to the floor it’s just a natural reaction and I don’t want to take that out of him. He never threw a punch so he finds himself a little bit unfortunate.

“With Zokes (Zoko) and his red I can’t question that, he deserved to go, and he’s got to learn from that and the same with Bevis.

“But if there’s one thing I know within this group they’ve got a good fighting spirit and they never give up and we have to maintain that.”

Fela Olomola reacts with shock to his sending off against Stevenage (Image: Tom Sandberg/Pinnacle)

6 – Way is ‘hopeful’ Ryan Dickson will be fit to play

In fact, Way said he was “very hopeful” of Dickson recovering from concussion to play a part against Swindon. However he warned that, with concussion, medical decisions would have to be taken with care and caution.

7 – Yeovil will play their own game rather than trying to stop threats of Swindon

Somerset Live asked Way whether he would change Yeovil’s style to cope with Swindon’s effective 4-3-3 and their striker, Luke Norris, who has eight goals this season.

In response, the Glovers manager insisted it was best to focus on Yeovil’s own game and not let Swindon change their style at home.

He added: “It’s about we do, that’s massive. What we’ve been doing at home is we’ve created a good environment, the supporters have been very, very good, we’ve lost one game I think in ten which is a massive achievement considering the teams that we’ve played and we’ve just got to keep that going.”

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